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The Special Assistant position is located at Peace Corps Headquarters (HQ) within one of the three Regional offices responsible for overseas operations. The position reports to the Regional Director and is responsible for administrative tasks associated with the mission and functions of the Region. These tasks include facilitating efficient operations through extensive coordination with overseas Regional Posts in diverse geographic locations and various Peace Corps HQ offices.
03/03/2023 to 03/16/2023
$67,122 - $121,648 per year
FP 4 - 5
1 vacancy in the following location:
No
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
No
Term - 60 Months
Full-time
Excepted
4
No
Yes
23-11867072-EP
710452900
U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
United States Citizens Veterans Individuals with Disabilities
The Special Assistant performs the following major duties:
Specialized Experience:
You must meet the specialized experience at the grade level(s) in which you choose to be considered by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on 03/16/2023 (the closing date of the announcement). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. To ensure full credit for your experience, please indicate dates of employment by month, day, and year and the number of hours worked per week in your resume.
This vacancy is being announced at two grade levels:
FP-4 (Education cannot be substituted)
Qualifying experience for the FP-4 level includes one year of specialized experience at least equivalent to the FP-5 or GS-9 level which is in or directly related to the line of work of the position to be filled and which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience includes: Experience researching and analyzing data affecting organizational programs to recommend new procedures; Experience drafting reports, memoranda, procedures, correspondence, and other documents; Experience applying analytical and evaluative techniques to identify and interpret information records to resolve problems of a factual and procedural nature associated with administrative processes, data management, and document management; Experience communicating oral and written policies, procedures, and directives to various internal and external groups (including senior-level organizational leadership) to convey key program initiatives and major concerns of department leadership.
FP-5
Qualifying experience for the FP-5 level includes one year of specialized experience at least equivalent to the FP-7 or GS-07 level which is in or directly related to the line of work of the position to be filled and which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience includes: Experience researching and analyzing routine data; Experience drafting reports, memoranda, procedures, correspondence, and other documents; Experience applying analytical and evaluative techniques to identify and interpret information records; Experience communicating oral and written policies, procedures, and directives to various internal and external groups to convey key program initiatives and major concerns of department leadership.
OR
Master's or equivalent graduate degree; or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree; or L.L.B. or J.D., if related.
Additional information on qualification requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualifications Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions. It is available for your review on the OPM web site at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/
All qualification requirements must be met by 03/16/2023 (the closing date of this announcement). Qualification claims will be subject to verification.
Please note: Peace Corps employees are employed using the Foreign Personnel (FP) pay scale. The FP pay plan does not follow the same structure as the GS pay plan. In the FP pay plan, as the grade-level numbers decrease the level/pay for the position increases (e.g., the FP-09 is the lowest entry-level pay and the FP-01 is the highest senior-level pay).
This position has no Individual Occupational Requirements.
Intelligence Background Information
Peace Corps Manual Section 611 is applicable to this position. This section prohibits the employment of certain persons previously engaged in intelligence activities or connected with intelligence agencies within the past 10 years. If you have ever worked for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), you are not eligible for employment at the Peace Corps in any capacity, and you should not apply for employment.
Acceptance of employment with Peace Corps precludes employment by certain intelligence organizations for a specific period of time, determined by the employing agency, after Peace Corps employment ceases.
Applicants who are found to be otherwise qualified will be required to submit upon request in the future a completed Intelligence Background Questionnaire, or narrative signed statement, indicating whether the applicant has been involved in or has had any connection with intelligence activities or related work and, if so, the nature and dates of his or her involvement. Failure to meet this requirement will result in the applicant being rated ineligible for further consideration. If you have any other type of possible intelligence connection, your application will not be further considered until you submit this form. Except when the CIA or the National Security Agency (NSA) is involved (see below), if your connection with an Intelligence Agency involves an immediate family member who works or has worked in intelligence, the immediate family member should complete the form, not the applicant. Usually relying on memory is sufficient to answer most if not all of the questions.
If you have an immediate family member who works or has worked for the CIA, you should not give them this form to complete. Please contact your relative in person-not by phone, email, social networking, or any other means that is not in person- and ask him or her to contact the Office of General Counsel at the CIA.
If you or an immediate family member have been employed by or associated with the NSA, you or your family member must contact the NSA Prepublication Review Office at 443-634-4095.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Your application will be evaluated based on your resume, attached supporting documentation, and your responses to the self-assessment questionnaire. Your materials will be evaluated to validate your possession of any required knowledge, skills, abilities, and/or competencies. The following competencies will be evaluated in the self-assessment questionnaire:
To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Application Package, including:
1. Click "Apply Online" to create an account or log into your existing USAJOBS account.
2. Follow the prompts to complete the assessment questionnaire and upload the required documents.
3. Please ensure you click the "Submit My Answers" button to submit your application.
4. Applications must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on 10/15/2021 to receive consideration.
5. Check your application status by logging into your USAJOBS account. Return to an incomplete application by clicking Apply Online in the vacancy announcement and re-selecting your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account..
Once the online questionnaire is received you will receive an acknowledgement email that your submission was successful.
You may check the status of your application at any time by logging into your USAJOBS account and by going to the "My Account" tab and clicking on "Application Status". For a more detailed update of your application status, you may go to "more information" under the individual vacancy.
USAJOBS has added an alert setting to their system to provide status updates for applicants. You can elect to activate the status updates from your USAJOBS profile at any point during the application process.
If you are among the top qualified candidates, your application may be referred to the Selecting Official for further consideration.
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/710452900. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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